The Sociology of Healthcare Safety and Quality presents a series of researchinformed readings on the sociological contributions of technologies, practices, experiences, and organizational quality and safety across a range of healthcare contexts. Represents the first collection of peerreviewed research articles showcasing ways that sociology can contribute to the ongoing policy concern of healthcare safety and quality Features original contributions from leading experts in healthcare related fields from three continents Reveals the stateofthe art in sociological analyses of contemporary healthcare safety and quality along with future directions in the field Offers sociological insights from the perspectives of managers, clinicians, and patients.

Towards a sociology of healthcare safety and quality -- Healthcare quality and safety: a review of policy, practice and research -- What is the role of individual accountability in patient safety? A multi-site ethnographic study -- Enacting corporate governance of healthcare safety and quality: a dramaturgy of hospital boards in England -- The social practice of rescue: the safety implications of acute illness trajectories and patient categorisation in medical and maternity settings -- Sensemaking and the co-production of safety: a qualitative study of primary medical care patients -- Chains of (dis)trust: exploring the underpinnings of knowledge-sharing and quality care across mental health services --Spatio-temporal elements of articulation work in the achievement of repeat prescribing safety in UK general practice -- Infections and interaction rituals in the organisation: clinician accounts of speaking up or remaining silent in the face of threats to patient safety.